The Kinks - Kinda Kinks

The Kinks - Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worryin’ Bout That Girl

Kinda Kinks

Posted: October 6th, 2008

Author: John Ballon

Date: 1965
Release: Essential #483
Cover Art: view / download
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Mod-rockers from the mid-60s, the Kinks understood how to crank out three-minute pop songs that were as catchy as Beatlemania. While the Davies Brothers were no match for Lennon/McCartney or even Jagger/Richards, they definitely put a little of fire under the feet of their rivals that kept them from getting too complacent. Their classic “All Day And All Of The Night,” opens the album with punk-sounding guitar riffs and sexually-charged lyrics that point the way towards the future of Rock and Punk. The album’s next smash hit, “Tired Of Waiting For You,” demonstrates why the Kinks unique 60s sound has remained so influential and appealing.

The timeless “Nothin’ In The World Can Stop Me Worryin’ ‘Bout That Girl,” included on the “Rushmore” soundtrack, leaves you wishing that the Kinks had recorded more acoustic tracks in the same vein. The very pretty ballad, “Something Better Beginning,” and the satirical, “Well Respected Man,” are both solid examples of the band’s formidable song writing skills. The most recent CD reissue combines the original UK release of the album with the non-LP sides from the same period, as well as some remarkable bonus tracks, making it a necessary acquisition for those who still only have their old vinyl. The immense talents of the Davies Brothers are in strong evidence throughout this quintessential recording of the British Invasion.

Players:

• Dave Davies - Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals
• Ray Davies - Guitar, Vocals
• Peter Quaife - Bass
• Mick Avory - Drums

Tracks:

1. All Day And All Of The Night
2. I Gotta Move
3. It’s All Right
4. Tired Of Waiting For You
5. Come On Now
6. Look For Me Baby
7. Got My Feet On The Gound
8. Naggin’ Woman
9. Nothin’ In The World Can Stop Me Worryin’ ‘Bout That Girl
10. Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
11. Dancing In The Street
12. Don’t Ever Change
13. So Long
14. You Shouldn’t Be Sad
15. Something Better Beginning

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Famous Blue Raincoat

I Put a Spell on You

Alfred C. Kinsey and Kenneth Anger at Thelema Abbey in Cefalu

In 1955, Kenneth Anger made a voyage to Cefalu in Sicily to shoot a documentary about Aleister Crowley’s erotic frescos, Thelema Abbey.
“The film was made for Houlton Television which was a branch of Picture Post an extinct British Magazine. They lost it. I tried to find it and it’s untraceable. I lived in Crowley’s house, alone, but that kind of thing doesn’t bother me. I had to. It was the only way to get it done. I spent three months there scraping the whitewash, which had turned to stone, off the walls. It was a big job, but one of the most exciting things I have ever done. They were still there - all those hyper-psychedelic murals: goblins and demons in fabulous color, scarlet and pumpkin-red. Actually they were good paintings, similar in feel to Ensor.”

Well, this film seems to be lost, but here you can find another film from Anger about Crowley’s paintings. And here is a montage of photos (not from Anger) showing Thelema Abbey and its frescos.

Anger also planned to do a bio-pic about Crowley that would “intersperse Crowley’s spiritual life with contemporary events, such as the sinking of the Titanic.” At one time there was talk about Nicol Williamson playing the lead.

From 1950 - 1961 Anger lived in Paris. During his stay he became friends with Langlois - founder of the Cinématheque Française - and Cocteau whose Le jeune homme et la mort Anger tried to adapt for the screen. Other projects were Lautréamonts Les Chants de Maldoror and L’Histoire d’O.

For Maldoror he had already filmed “the hymn to the ocean , on the beach at Deauville, with Rosella Hightower and members of the Marquis de Cuevas Ballet. They danced in the sea, tables were placed beneath the water line so the dancers could stand on their points. It looked as if they were standing on waves.”
“I also managed to film the war of the flies and pins. I put bags of pins and dozens of flies into a glass container; revolved the container and filmed in close-up. As the pins dropped, the flies zig-zagged to escape. In slow-motion, an impressive image.”
It seems that the surrealists, who were always somewhat peculiar about ventures based on Lautréamont’s work, threatened Anger. But the main reason for not completing it was - what else - lack of money.

It was no problem for Anger to get the permission to film Histoire d’O, as its publisher was Jean-Jacques Pauvert, who also published Anger’s own Hollywood Babylon. This time it seemed that he would get the money he needed to complete the film when other problems emerged.
“I was helped by the boyfriend of the girl playing O. It turned out that this money was bounty from the kidnapping of Eric Peugeot - grandson of the auto magnate. I knew nothing about this. I found out in a very abrupt manner. The young man was arrested and I was questioned about the money being used for my film. The young lady playing O was the daughter of a minister. Her parents knew nothing about her being in the film and when they did find out filming came to an instant halt.”

This dashing photo is from Anger’s version of L’Histoire d’O

The photos and the quotes are from the BFI publication Into the Pleasure Dome - the films of Kenneth Anger edited by Jayne Pilling and Mike O’Pray.

The DVD company Fantoma has issued recently volume one of The Films of Kenneth Anger. Here is a trailer.

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Moray McLaren

Moray McLaren is a Scottish singer-songwriter, born and raised in Edinburgh. When a disk of Moray’s rough recordings fell into the hands of producer Jonathan Shakhovskoy (U2, Patrick Wolf), he suggested they make an album together. The pair are currently in the studio recording. Moray’s debut album will be released on Lash Records this summer.

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The Gossip

Wanna learn a thing or two about attitude, return to Beth Ditto for reference - plus size model and shameless fashionista & fellow band mates push The Gossip deeper into the DIY indie-rock territory by toning down the polish. Taking on an über cliché subject for a concept, their new Rick Rubins produced album Music For Men revolves around love & Beth Ditto's favorite song is called Men In Love which talks about gay men in love with each other.

The Gossip – Heavy Cross

The Gossip – Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)

Heavy Cross the first single will be released June 15th followed by the LP Music For Men on June 22nd.

Can't wait to find out what remixes we're getting, should be top notch as usual.

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Sex appeal of Action Man scars revealed

• Ian Sample, science correspondent
• The Guardian, Wednesday 19 November 2008
• Article history

Action Man: incorporating scar and 6% extra sex appeal. Photograph: Darren Matthews/Alamy

They give Action Man a certain ruggedness and bestow instant testosterone on movie heroes, but according to psychologists, facial scars can also make men more attractive to the opposite sex.

Men with mild facial scars were typically ranked as more appealing by women who were looking for a brief relationship, though they were not considered better as marriage material, a study found.

In the same experiments, women with facial scars were judged to be as attractive as those without, the researchers said.

Psychologists at the universities of Liverpool and Stirling asked 115 women and 64 men to rate the attractiveness of eight opposite sex strangers. Half were asked to look at original face shots, while the other half viewed images that had been digitally manipulated to add scars to their cheeks, jawbones or foreheads.

While facial scars made no difference to the perceived attractiveness of women, scarred men ranked 5.7 percentage points higher in the appeal ratings than those with undamaged skin.

"A large scar is unlikely to make you more attractive, but there are some scars that women do seem to find appealing. There's the whole James Bond thing, where a person is attractive but probably not the best marriage material," said Robert Burriss, a psychologist at the University of Liverpool who led the study.

The study appears in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.

Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno "Starless and Bible Black Sabbath"

Acid Mothers Temple have no shame, and that's not such a bad thing. They've taken aim at their idols before by approximating the album covers or titles of Hendrix, Zappa, and King Crimson, among others, and have paid tribute to the likes of Hawkwind and Gong. This time they set their sights on Black Sabbath, even going so far as to reenact the cover of Sabbath's first album, with Acid Mother guru Kawabata Makoto enrobed before a countryside home. With their other tributes, the object of reverence is a starting point, not a destination in itself, and this one proves to be no exception.

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The title track is the meat of the beast, beginning with a minute of booms and gongs reminiscent of a thunderstorm before launching into some slow, heavy Sabbath-esque riffs. Squealing guitar and synth effects accompany the vocals of bassist Tabata Mitsuru, whose voice captures some of the sound and feeling of Ozzy's more than it does the melody. The pace is slower than most AMT fare, but things speed up considerably around the eight and a half minute mark. The group convincingly imitates the Sabbath guitar sound here and the rhythm section is particularly tight, giving listeners something on which to hang their ears or even providing them with a chance to gasp for air during Makoto's guitar explorations. Around the sixteen minute mark, everything comes to a wailing halt before the band returns to the dirge-like tempo that started the song. This pattern continues for the duration of the piece, until a couple of minutes before the ending, when the group makes a smooth transition to acoustic guitar and processed vocals to cool down.

Clocking in at nearly thirty-five minutes, the length alone may tax some listeners. However, the second track, "Woman From A Hell," provides relief, which with a running time of six minutes is uncommon in the Acid Mothers canon for its brevity. This one condenses many of the ideas of the title track, and accomplishes much of the same evocation of Sabbath, but with the vocals in a more prominent role. The disc comes full circle, ending with thunderstorm sounds much like the ones which started the album. Though the title track could have been shortened and perhaps an additional track included, this album remains one of the group's more accessible releases in some time and should please fans old and new alike.

According to the group's website, Makoto is reviving the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. line-up after a year of recording and touring with the Cosmic Inferno. This is a shame of sorts, since the Cosmic Inferno infused a much-needed vitality to the group that it had lacked since the departure of vocalist Cotton Casino. Yet the reformed Melting Paraiso U.F.O. has the potential to be even better since, if anything, Makoto seems to be the Mother of Reinvention.

samples:

• Bible Black Sabbath (excerpt 1)
• Bible Black Sabbath (excerpt 2)
• Woman from a Hell

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Ulysses - James Joyce

Bronze by gold heard the hoofrons,
steelyringing imperthnthn thnthnthn.

Chips, picking chips off rocky thumbnail, chips.
Horrid! And gold flushed more.

A husky fifenote blew.
Blew. Blue bloom is on the
Gold pinnacled hair.
A jumping rose on satiny breasts of satin,
rose of Castille.

Trilling, trilling: I dolores.
Peep! Who's in the... peepofgold?
Tink cried to bronze in pity.
And a call, pure, long and throbbing. Longindying call.

Decoy. Soft word. But look! The bright stars fade. O rose! Notes
chirruping answer. Castille. The morn is breaking.
Jingle jingle jaunted jingling.
Coin rang. Clock clacked.

Avowal. Sonnez. I could. Rebound of garter. Not leave thee.
Smack. La cloche! Thigh smack. Avowal. Warm. Sweetheart,
goodbye!

When love absorbs. War! War! The tympanum.
A sail! A veil awave upon the waves.
When first he saw. Alice!
Full tup. Full throb.
Warbling. Ah, lure! Alluring.

Martha! Come!
Clapclop. Clipclap. Clappyclap.
Goodgod henev erheard inall.
A moonlight nightcall: far: far.
I feel so sad. P. S. So lonely blooming.

Listen!
The spiked and winding cold seahorn. Have you the? Each and
for other plash and silent roar.
Pearls: when she. Liszt's rhapsodies. Hissss.

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